Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 1896.

Manawatu Herald, 20 October 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 1896.

Parliament ended On Saturday; The Foxton Raring Club advertise the programme for their two days Summer Meeting to-day. Ethel 5 You know, I want a husband who is easily p!ea°ed — Maud : Don't worry, dear, that's the kind you'll get. The Levin Express says ; — Mr P,. Stewart liberated four Cans of trout in the Koputa roa stream on Thursday; Mr Clark, of Carnarvon, who recently went Home t6 bring but the rest of his family, k back. He brings with him the books for the Eongotea Public Library We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the statistics of ih« seven colonies of Australasia from the Government Printer of New South Wales, with thanks. The Auckland Kauri Timber Compony paid for labour, salaries, and log-getting, rates, taxes, telegrams and railway freights, during the last three years, the sum of £491,872. The E d House advertisement will be inserted in our next issue, and refers to the fact that the proprietor holds large stocks of Canterbury table and seed potatoes, besides mangold seeds and black Tartarian seed oats. Next Tuesday Mr McMillan will sell by auction Mr A. E. T. Nixon's furniture. This is a chance that should be glad'y taken as most of the articles offered are not obtainable in town. The goods will be on view on Monday afternoon and the morning of the sale, at the auction room. We regret having been unable to insert Mr Loveday's new advertisement to-day, but it, will appear in our next issue and should command attention as notice is given' that the goods ex Aotea are now opened up and comprises the best new blouses and garibaldis ever opened up in Foxton. Yesterday afternoon, while returning from the wharf with a load on his brake, Mr J. Collins had the misfortune to have a smash up. When the vehicle waa going over the crossing one of the hind wheels got caught with the iron rails, completely destroying the wheel. Mr Trapp says he could show in Melbourne many hundreds of white pine boxes returned and thrown upon the but'er-box manufacturer. Just casually looking at these you would notice a slight disco'oration, but on smelling them you will find they are perfectly musty, and are turning as black as your hat. The new Bank of France notes are the most artistic things yet seen in money designs. They are printed in three colours —bistre, red, and blue. This is done in order to make it impossible for counterfeiters to copy them by means of photography. * The flaxmillers have been frequently blamed for turning out bad fibre, but Mr Trapp, manager for the Kauri Timber Company, says that the way white pine has been produced and shipped hag been a disgrace to those interested in this wood, many of the cargoes being black, stained, gum-veins badly cut, and with every defect possible. I The Rev. R. Young conducted service at All Saints' on Sunday evening last. The church was crowded, and it looked as if it was becoming too small for the congregation. The Vicar, preceding his address, made special reference to the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Benson. He chose for his sermon : " Our Father, which art in Heaven," and was very impressive in his discourse. Extensive feet.— l think MinnieHbas offended Charlie Jones— Oh ! Why? Well, you see, Char ie was saying at dinner that in the afternoon he had felt so tired he could hardly^ put one foot before the other, and she said, •• Well, it's rather a long way." Above the Mayor of Wellington's name appears an advertisement in a Wellington paper about a meeting to present "Mr Thomas Bracken, New Zealand's National Poet, with a fitting tribute to his political genius." It may be presumed this is a misprint for poetical. The Banking Bill has been dropped by the Premier owing to inability to agree with the Legislative Council. The officers of the Bank of New Zealand, which the Bill proposed to do away with, will hardly regret the fact. Another new paper has been started in Wellington called the Guardian. It is to appear fortnightly, at the prioe of thr^e pence. The editor and proprietor is Mr V. M. Braund. Thiß is a paper that shou'd fill a " long felt want," as it is written by an expert in banking and deals mostly with money and trade topics, . aDd has well se'eced money artie'es from the best English and Foreign papers We accord it a hearty welcome, and wish it the success it deserves White pine millers look out. Mr Trapp says the milling of this timber has also been bad "In many instances you will find a board three-quarters of an inch, thick at one end and an inch and one-eigih at the 01 her, or 12 inches wide at one end and it may be 11 inches or 13 inches at the other. It has got so bad in Melbourne that they are now competing the use of a guage, and rejecting all that does not etand up to the size. We are in receipt of a large volume from the Government Printing Department containing the report with the minutea of e> idence of the Banking Committee. The reports and proceedings of the committee occupy G7 pages ; the minutes of evidence 424 pages ; and* the exhibits 277 pages. The work, fortunately, does not state upon it either the cost of compilation and printing as it usually placed on other Government documents. Perhaps it is lucky it is so.During the summer season cattle and horses suffer exceedingly from the attacks of two-winged flies, the punctures of which irritata the animals and sometimes lead to accidents. For warding off the attacks of gadflies and other allied pests a method recommended by the Compte de Saint Marsault, in a letter to the Journal d' Agriculture Pratique, appears to be simple and easily applicable. It is to boil or simmer for five minutes a large handful of laurel leaves in 21b of lard. A towel smeared with the grease is rubbed along the body of the animal in the direction of the hair. The writer says he has for a long time resorted to this operation with complete success, his horses having shown no signs of distress from attacks of flies. In Slrassburg the butchers smear the doorposts and window-frames of cattle houses every morning with this grease, the result being that, the flies are kept at bay. Farmers in the colony apprehensive of attacks of bot flies on their horses may well give this simple remedy a trial.

'Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a stock sale at Pamewon on Thursday. Thia mornipg Mr Henry Sanson, .number ojf the Education Bb'Ard, attended at the State School and gave a° short lecture, illustrated by charts, on the human anatomy. The charis and text book used are those of Dr Yaggey and the Board has a set of four which will be available ill turn for the school We understand these charts are expensive luxuries, running up to £9. Mr Sanson who is acting for pure love, goes on to-day to Levin, and thence to Shannon, at both soboo'? he will, win the pe'i ; riii«Bi6n of the chairman, deliver a simi ar lecture. A Sabbath School story. It will be as well if this was dv y taken to mind as it i§ true and new, in fact, but not in story; A well known gentleman, resident of this town, took a drive qn Sunday afierndon and left his Horse tied with a halter to the fence while ha entered a gßrden. After ■njoying his wa k he purposed returning home, as he had come, but to his astonishment the horse and vehicle had left earlier. After a carpful s«aroh he found them some distance down the road, the vehiole and harness in a dilapidated condition, the former upside down, and the horse grazing on the roadside with one shaft between his legs. The horse fortunate'y was uninjured, hut the owner' had to return on " Shanks pony." Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenaa ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis. Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organ*). In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others.— [advt.l Under this system any of the parcels advertised will be sent to any address in New Zealand, post free, the prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may be imagiued, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels must be accompanied by cash for the amount, before the order can be executed at Te Aro House, Wellington. In illustration of the system we will give an example. Take for instance No. 7 parcel, which contains 7 yards of double width stylish fancy check tweed ; 2 dozen buttons and silk and twist to match ; 2 yards of body lining and 4 yards of skirt lining. This complete parcel will be sent, post free, to any address on receipt of 15s- 9d, from Te Aro House, Wellington. One of the drawbacks of country life, at least to the small settler, is undoubtedly the increased price he has to pay for any articles of clothing or general drapery, by reason of the extra charges for freight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are done away with under the new parcel system which has been inaugurated at Te Aro House, Wellington.